Pouring member

ABSTRACT

A pouring member includes an unsealing cap and at least two rotation prevention sections extending vertically and downwardly from an end surface of an open end side of the unsealing cap and is arranged such that the at least two rotation prevention sections are apart from one another by an angle which is larger than a rotation angle required for twisting off the sealing part, and symmetrically with respect to the central axis of the unsealing cap. A recess is formed such that the recess opens to a front end side of the rotation prevention section, and an engagement projection engages the recess in a direction substantially parallel with a direction in which the rotation prevention sections are extended vertically and downwardly, and is formed at a specific position of the flange part of the pouring member.

RELATED APPLICATIONS

The present application is based on international Application No.PCT/JP2008/068850, filed Oct. 17, 2008, and claims priority from,Japanese Application Number 2007-272780, filed Oct. 19, 2007, thedisclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference herein in itsentirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The invention relates to a pouring member to be attached to a containerwhich fills and seals fluid contents, thereby to form a pouring mouthfor the contents.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Conventionally, as a container in which fluid contents are filled andsealed, a bag-like container (pouch) obtained by forming a flexiblepackaging material such as a resin film into a bag has been known. Inmedical institutions such as hospitals, these bag-like containers arewidely used as a container for filling and sealing enteric nutrients,liquid diets, liquid medicines or the like. In order to pour thesecontents for administrating to patients, a nozzle-like pouring member isused, and one example thereof is shown in Patent Document 1.

-   Patent Document 1: JP-A-2002-293361

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION Problems to be Solved by the Invention

The pouring member (container capping member) of Patent Document 1 has aconfiguration in which a stopper engaged with an unsealing cap istwisted off by rotating an unsealing cap with respect to a pouringcylinder, thereby realizing sanitary unsealing without directly touchingthe pouring cylinder.

However, the pouring member having an unsealing mechanism as mentionedabove has the following problem. Specifically, for example, when theunsealing cap is rotated during transportation or when filling andsealing contents, the stopper may be twisted off to cause the contentsto be leaked out. Therefore, it is desired that unnecessary rotation ofthe unsealing cap be prevented when not used.

In addition, the stopper is hidden under the unsealing cap. Therefore,when unsealing, a user cannot visibly confirm that the stopper has beentwisted off, which makes difficult for a user to judge whether unsealingby twisting off of the stopper has been completed. Accordingly, problemshave been pointed out that working hours are spent wastefully since theunsealing cap is rotated a larger number of times than required, thatcontents are leaked out when an attempt is made to pull out theunsealing cap forcedly when the stopper remains untwisted due toinsufficient rotation of the unsealing cap, or the like.

In addition, in applications where use in medical institutions such ashospitals is assumed, in order to prevent medical mistakes before theyhappen, erroneous use is prohibited by limiting the shape of a pouringmember in accordance with a director's notice. Therefore, when anunsealed pouring member is inserted into a tube such as a catheter inorder to administrate the contents to a patient, it is difficult toallow a pouring member to correspond to all types of catheters differingin diameter.

Accordingly, for catheters with relatively large diameters to which apouring member cannot be inserted as it is, an adapter is used in orderto allow the outer diameter of the pouring mouth of a pouring member tobe adapted to the inner diameter of a catheter. In this case, it isdesired that a user can confirm easily whether a pouring member isfirmly attached to an adapter and that loosening after the attachmentcan be prevented.

When an adapter is used in combination, there may be a case where anempty container of which the contents have been administrated isexchanged with a new one with the adapter still being inserted into acatheter and, during such exchange, another liquid medicine isadministrated to a patient by means of a catheter tip syringe. If anadapter is used repeatedly in this way, it is required that sealingperformance of an adapter for a pouring member or a catheter tip syringebe prevented from being deteriorated so that no liquid leakage occurs.In particular, when administration by means of a catheter tip syringe isperformed, the tip of a catheter tip syringe is pushed to the sealingsurface in an adapter. In such a case, the sealing surface in an adaptermay be deformed by an applied pressure. Therefore, sealing performanceof an adapter to a pouring member has to be maintained while takingpossible deformation of the sealing surface in an adapter intoconsideration.

In attaching a pouring member to an adapter, threads may be formed onthe side surface of a pouring cylinder to permit attachment by screwing.

However, if such threads are formed on the side surface of a pouringcylinder, the following problem may occur. Specifically, when a pouringcylinder is directly inserted into a catheter of which the innerdiameter is not as large as one which requires an adapter, depending onthe material of a catheter, the opening thereof may be widened and lieson the threads. As a result, contents which have been poured are causedto run down the threads revolving the side surface of the pouringcylinder, and then are leaked out.

For such type of a catheter, for example, it may be possible that anadapter is forcedly inserted into a catheter, and then a pouring memberis attached to this adapter. However, such a complicated work not onlymay impose a heavy burden on a user but also may damage a catheter.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentionedcircumstances, and the object thereof is to provide a pouring memberwhich is provided with an unsealing mechanism by which the pouringmember is unsealed by rotating an unsealing cap, prevents unnecessarilyrotation of the unsealing cap, allows a user to easily judge thecompletion of unsealing, as well as can solve various problemsassociated with the combined use of an adapter.

Means for Solving the Problems

The pouring member of the present invention has a configuration in whichthe pouring member comprises a pouring member main body and acylindrical unsealing cap having one end thereof being closed and iscoaxially attached to said pouring member main body, wherein

said pouring member main body has a pouring cylindrical part extendingcylindrically from a base and a sealing part formed at the tip of saidpouring cylindrical part through a thin wall part, and said sealing partis twisted off with said thin wall part by rotating said unsealing capwhich is engaged with said sealing part around the central axis,

two or more rotation prevention sections are extended vertically anddownwardly and symmetrically with respect to the central axis, and, atsubstantially the center of the width direction of each rotationprevention section, a recess is formed such that it opens to the frontend side of the rotation prevention section,

an engagement projection to be engaged with said recess in a directionalmost parallel with the direction in which said rotation preventionsections are extended vertically and downwardly is formed at a specificposition of a flange part provided in a boundary between said base partand said pouring cylindrical part of said pouring member main body.

Advantageous Effects of the Invention

By the above-mentioned configuration, by causing the rotation preventionsections extending vertically and downwardly from the unsealing cap tobe engaged with the engagement projection which projects on the pouringmember main body, unnecessary rotation of the unsealing cap can beprevented. At least when the rotation prevention sections and theengagement projection are released from the engagement, the rotationprevention section elastically deforms to restore while vibrating, andallows a user to have a feel of clicking. A user can recognize easilythe start of unsealing by this feel of clicking.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is an explanatory side view of the pouring member of the presentinvention;

FIG. 2 is an explanatory front view of the pouring member of the presentinvention;

FIG. 3 is an explanatory plan view of the pouring member of the presentinvention;

FIG. 4 is an explanatory cross-sectional view taken along line A-A inFIG. 2( a);

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing the state in which the unsealingcap is removed from the pouring member main body;

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing the state in which an adapter isscrewed to the pouring member main body;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of a part indicated by a chain line in FIG.6( a);

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing the state in which an adapter is screwedto the pouring member main body; and

FIG. 9 are vertical cross-sectional view (cross-sectional view takenalong line F-F) of an adapter and an explanatory view showing the statein which a catheter tip cylinder is pushed into the adapter.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

The preferred embodiments of the present invention will be explainedhereinbelow with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing the side of the pouring memberaccording to this embodiment, and FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showingthe front thereof.

The pouring member 1 shown in these figures is provided with a pouringmember main body 2 and an unsealing cap 3 to be attached to the pouringmember main body 2. As mentioned later, the pouring member 1 may beprovided with an adapter 4 (see FIG. 6). The pouring member main body 2,the unsealing cap 3 and the adapter 4 can be produced by a moldingmethod such as injection molding by using a thermoplastic resin such asa polyolefin-based resin such as polypropylene and polyethylene.

Here, FIG. 1( a) is a side view of the pouring member 1, and FIG. 1( b)is a notched cross-sectional view of the essential parts thereof. FIG.2( a) is a front view of the pouring member 1 and FIG. 2( b) is anotched cross-sectional view of the essential parts thereof. FIG. 3( a)shows a plan view of the pouring member main body 2 and FIG. 3(b) is aplan view of the pouring member 1. The cross sections of the pouringmember main body 2 shown in FIG. 1( b) and FIG. 2( b) (the cross sectionshown in the right half of the pouring member main body 2 in eachfigure) respectively corresponds to the cross section taken along lineB-B and the cross section taken along line D-D in FIG. 3( a). The crosssections of the unsealing cap 3 of FIG. 1( b) and FIG. 2( b)respectively correspond to the cross section taken along line C-C andthe cross section taken along line E-E in FIG. 3( b).

In this embodiment, the pouring member main body 2 has a base part 23, apouring cylindrical part 22 which cylindrically extends from the basepart 23 upwardly in the figure, a sealing part 21 which is formed at thetip of the pouring cylindrical part 22 through a thin wall part 21 a,and a boat-like part 24 positioned below the base part 23 in the figure.As shown, the base part 23 and the boat-like part 24 penetrate theinside of the pouring cylindrical part 22 so that they intercommunicatewith the pouring cylindrical part 22 so as to form a liquid passage 2 atherein.

The boat-like part 24 of the pouring part main body 2 will serve as awelding part when the pouring member 1 is attached to a container suchas a pouch, which is obtained by forming into a bag a soft packagingmaterial such as a resin film, as a pouring mouth of the contents. Theboat-like part 24 has three welding substrates 24 a extending right andleft in the figure and a positioning substrate 24 b positioned betweenthe welding substrates 24 a and the base part 23. The positioningsubstrate 24 b is caused to abut the side of a soft packaging materialconstituting the pouch, thereby to conduct positioning, and the softpackaging material is then welded to the side surface of the weldingsubstrate 24 a while conducting the positioning, whereby the pouringmember 1 can be attached to the pouch.

On the other hand, the unsealing cap 3 is a cylindrical member with itsone end being closed by a top plate 3 a, and is attached to the pouringmember main body 2 by capping such that it is engaged with the sealingpart 21, thereby to cover the surroundings of the pouring cylindricalpart 22.

In FIGS. 1( a) and 2(a), part of the pouring member main body 2 which iscovered by the unsealing cap 3 is indicated by a chain line.

In order to allow the unsealing cap 3 to be engaged with the sealingpart 21 of the pouring member main body 2, for example, a projectionpart 21 b is formed on the sealing part 21 such that it projects in theform of a flange along the periphery thereof. At the same time, anengagement rib 3 b which is engaged with this projection 21 b is formedon the inner peripheral surface of the unsealing cap 3. As a result,when the unsealing cap 3 is attached to the pouring member main body 2,the engagement rib 3 b formed in the unsealing cap 3 moves across theprojection part 21 b formed in the sealing part 21, whereby theunsealing cap 3 and the sealing part 21 can be engaged with each other.

The unsealing cap 3, at a position where it is coaxially attached to thepouring member main body 2, is allowed to rotate around the central axis(Ax) thereof. The sealing part 21, which has been engaged with theunsealing cap 3, is then twisted off by the thin wall part 21 a, therebyallowing the pouring cylindrical part 22 to open (see FIG. 5). As aresult, the contents of the pouch pass through the liquid passage 2 aand are poured through the tip of the pouring cylindrical part 22.

Meanwhile, FIG. 5 is a notched cross-sectional view of essential partsshowing the state where the unsealing cap 3 has been removed from thepouring cylinder main body 2. The cross section thereof is also shown asin the case of FIG. 1( b).

In order to allow the sealing part 21 to be twisted off by the unsealingcap 3, for example, as shown in the figure, a pair of extending sections21 c which extend in the radial direction thereof are formed in thesealing part 21, and an engagement groove 3 c in which this extendingsection 21 is engaged may be formed on the inner peripheral surface ofthe unsealing cap 3. As a result, when the unsealing cap 3 is rotatedaround the central axis (either left or right), the sealing part 21 isrotated with this rotation, and then twisted off by the thin wall part21 a.

The sealing part 21 which has been twisted off can be prevented fromdropping from the unsealing cap 3 by allowing it to remain engaged withthe unsealing cap 3.

By attaching the unsealing cap 3 to the pouring member main body 2 inthis way, with the pouring cylindrical part 22 of the pouring membermain body 2 being covered with the unsealing cap 3, it is possible tounseal the pouring cylindrical part 22 by twisting off the sealing part21 to allow the contents in the pouch to be poured without the fear thatthe fingers of a user touch the pouring cylindrical part 22. That is,for example, a user can twist the sealing part 21 off sanitarily withouttouching the pouring cylindrical part 22 only by rotating the unsealingcap 3 with one hand while holding the base part 23 of the pouring membermain body 2 with another hand.

In the unsealing cap 3, rotation prevention sections 3 d for preventingunnecessary rotation of the unsealing cap 3 are formed. The rotationprevention sections 3 d are formed such that they vertically extenddownwardly from the end surface of the open end side of the unsealingcap 3. As shown in the figure, almost center in the width direction ofthe rotation prevention section 3 d, a recess 3 e which opens on thefront end side of the rotation prevention section 3 d is formed. Anengagement projection 2 b formed on the pouring member main body 2 isengaged with this recess 3 e in a direction almost parallel to thedirection in which the rotation prevention sections 3 d is extendedvertically and downwardly, whereby unnecessary rotation of the unsealingcap 3 can be suppressed. As a result, twisting off of the sealing part21 when not used can be prevented.

The engagement projection 2 b formed on the pouring member main body 2and the rotation prevention sections 3 d formed on the unsealing cap 3can also be used for positioning when the unsealing cap 3 is capped onthe pouring member main body 2.

The rotation prevention sections 3 d are arranged symmetrically withrespect to the central axis of the unsealing cap 3. In the shownexamples, two rotation prevention sections 3 d are arranged such thatthey are opposed, i.e. 180 degrees apart. As shown in figures, as forthe engagement projection 2 b formed on the pouring member main body 2,a flange part 2 c is provided in a boundary between the pouringcylindrical part 22 and the base part 23, and the engagement projection2 b may be provided on a specific position of the flange part 2 ccorresponding to the rotation prevention section 3 d formed in theunsealing cap 3.

In the shown example, when the sealing part 21 is twisted off, theunsealing cap 3 is rotated in the state shown in FIG. 4( a). At thistime, the rotation prevention sections 3 d are released from theengagement with the engagement projection 2 b while undergoing elasticdeformation as if they are pushed away by the engagement projection 2 b.Vibration which occurs when the rotation prevention sections 3 d areseparated from the engagement projection 2 b to restore is transmittedto a user as a feel of clicking.

Furthermore, when the unsealing cap 3 makes an almost half turn aroundthe central axis, as shown in FIG. 4( b), the rotation preventionsection 3 d abuts the opposite engagement projection 2 b, and as aresult, the unsealing cap 3 will not rotate any more, or will be hard torotate.

Therefore, in the example shown in FIG. 4( b), by appropriatelyadjusting the thickness, the material or the like of the thin wall part21 a such that the rotation angle required for the sealing part 21 to betwisted off becomes smaller than 160°, for example, due to the feel thatthe rotation of the unsealing cap 3 has been stopped, it is possible toallow a user to know sensibly that the twisting off of the sealing part21 has been completed or was already completed.

That is, in this embodiment, the timing of unsealing is known to a userby single feel of clicking, and the completion of unsealing is known toa user by stopping the rotation of the unsealing cap 3 in the stateshown in FIG. 4( b). In this way, a user can know sensibly whenunsealing is started and when unsealing is completed. At the same time,the actual sealing is completed and the unsealing cap 3 is in the statethey can be pulled up upwardly.

When the unsealing cap 3 is further rotated in the abutted state shownin FIG. 4( b), the engagement projection 2 b is fitted into the recess 3e while pushing the rotation prevention section 3 d aside, whereby theengagement projection 2 b is engaged with the rotation preventionsection 3 d. Also at this time, a feel of clicking caused by vibrationderived from the rotation prevention sections 3 d restore to theiroriginal shapes is transmitted to a user.

By appropriately adjusting the thickness, the material or the like ofthe thin wall part 21 a such that the rotation angle required for thesealing part 21 to be twisted off becomes smaller than 180°, it ispossible that the completion of the unsealing of the sealing part 21 andthe start of the unsealing of the sealing part 21 are respectively knownto a user by a single feel of clicking (twice feels of clicking intotal).

Specifically, the start of unsealing is known to a user by a first feelof clicking. After the actual completion of the twisting off of thesealing part 21, by a second feel of clicking, it is possible to allow auser to sensibly know that twisting off of the sealing part 21 has beencompleted or was already completed. Simultaneously, the actual sealingis completed, and the unsealing cap 3 is in the state they can be pulledupwardly.

Due to the above-mentioned configuration, troubles that, when thesealing part 21 is twisted off, the unsealing cap 3 is unnecessarilyrotated to cause the work time to be consumed wastefully, a user spillsthe contents over when he or she tries to pull the unsealing cap 2 outforcefully with the twisting off of the sealing part 21 remaininguncompleted due to insufficient rotation of the unsealing cap 3 or otherproblems can be avoided.

Here, the cross section shown in FIG. 4 corresponds to the cross sectiontaken along line A-A in FIG. 2( a), and the end surface on the open endside of the unsealing cap 3 is shown by a double dashed line.

At this time, in FIG. 4( b), if the engagement projection 2 b and therotation prevention section 3 d are in a planer abutment, there may be afear that the unsealing cap 3 is no longer rotated or is hard to berotated. In contrast, as shown in FIGS. 4( c) and (d), at least one ofthe outer side surface of the recess 3 e and the side surface of theengagement projection 2 b is allowed to have an inclined surface or acurved surface, as in the case of the inner side surface of the recess 3e, so as to allow the engagement projection 2 b to easily move over. Asa result, the engagement projection 2 b and the rotation preventionsection 3 d are allowed to be in the state of linear or point contactwith each other, and the engagement projection 2 b can be fitted to therecess 3 e easily while pushing the rotation prevention section 3 daway. FIGS. 4( c) and (d) correspond to a part surrounded by a chainline in FIG. 4( b).

The recess 3 e may be in the form of a penetrating hole. However, whenthe unsealing cap 3 is capped on the pouring member main body 2, it ispreferred that the bottom part of the recess 3 e (the inner side surfacenearer to the center of the unsealing cap 3) remain closed in order toprevent the strength from being lowered when an axial load is imposed.By adjusting the amount of engagement (the amount of interference) ofthe engagement projection 2 b and the recess 3 e, it is possible toallow the engagement projection 2 b to abut the rotation preventionsection 3 d or to allow the engagement projection 2 b to move over therotation prevention section 3 d.

A projection 3 f which extends vertically and downwardly from the endsurface of the open end side of the unsealing cap 3 together with therotation prevention section 3 d is formed according to need for thepurpose of reinforcement in order to prevent the unsealing cap 3 to beinclined or to prevent the rotation prevention section 3 d from beingbroken when an axial load is imposed during capping when the unsealingcap 3 is capped on the pouring member main body 2. As shown in FIG. 4,the projection 3 f is formed such that it avoids interference with theengagement projection 2 b, as shown in FIG. 4. In addition, theprojection chip 3 f, together with the rotation prevention section 3 d,specifies the distance in the direction of the central axis (heightdirection) with the engagement rib 3 b. It is preferred that the lengthbe specified such that the projection part 21 b of the pouring membermain body 2 be suitably engaged with the engagement rib 3 b.

The pouring member 1 as mentioned above can be used by attaching to apouch in which contents such as an enteric nutrient, a liquid diet, aliquid medicine or the like are filled and sealed. Then, the unsealingcap 3 is removed by twisting off the sealing part 21, and the unsealedpouring cylindrical part 22 is inserted into a tube such as a catheterto allow the contents to be poured such that they are administrated to apatient. In applications where use in medical institutions such ashospitals can be assumed, the shape of the pouring member main body 2 isrestricted by the regulation specified in a director's notice. As aresult, it will be difficult to allow the pouring main body 2 tocorrespond to all catheters differing in inner diameter. For cathetershaving a diameter to which the pouring member main body cannotcorrespond, in order to adapt the outer diameter of the pouring mouth tothe inner diameter of the catheter, an adapter 4 shown in FIG. 6 is usedin combination.

Here, FIG. 6( a) is a notched cross-sectional view of essential partsshowing the front of the pouring member main body 2, which is in thestate where the adapter 4 is screwed to the pouring member main body 2from which the unsealing cap 3 has been removed by opening the pouringcylindrical part 22. FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of a part surrounded bya chain line in FIG. 6( a). The cross section shown in FIG. 6( a) (across section shown in the left half in the figure) corresponds to thesection taken along line F-F in FIG. 8. FIG. 8 is a plan view showing astate in which the adapter 4 is screwed, and in the figure, the screwingdirection of the adapter 4 is shown by an arrow. FIG. 6( b) is a sideview showing the state in which the adapter 4 is screwed.

The adapter 4 is a cylindrical member which is coaxially screwed to thepouring cylindrical part 22 of the pouring member main body 2. Threads 2f for screwing the adapter 4 are formed on the outer peripheral surfaceof the pouring cylindrical part 22. During the actual use, a pouch canbe exchanged by allowing the adapter 4, which is connected to acatheter, to be removed from or installed to the pouring member mainbody 2. For this purpose, it is preferred that the screwing angle of theadapter 4 be about 45 to 270° in order to prevent the catheter frombeing twisted during the exchange of a pouch.

In the shown example, on the side surface of the adapter 4, a pair ofwing parts 4 a which serve as a grip for screwing the adapter 4 areformed such that they extend symmetrically in the radial direction. Asshown in FIG. 6( b), the lower end side of the wing parts 4 a in thefigure is bent in the direction opposite to the screwing direction toform an abutment part 4 b. This abutment part 4 b is allowed to abut theengagement projection 2 b when the pouring part main body 2 is screwedto the adapter 4 and the engagement projection 2 b projected on theflange part 2 c and the wing part 4 a formed on the adapter 4 arearranged in parallel on the same plane which includes the central axisof the pouring member main body 2.

Due to such a configuration, further rotation of the adapter 4 can beprevented. At the same time, by determining in advance the position ofthe wing part 4 a when the screwing is completed, a user can easilyjudge that the screwing is completed only by visually confirm theposition of the wing part 4 a.

On the side surface along the end edge on the side opposite to theflange part 2 c of the adapter 4, not only the abutment part 4 b asmentioned above is formed, but also a loosening prevention rib 4 c forpreventing the adapter 4 which has been screwed to the pouring membermain body 2 from loosening is formed. This loosening prevention rib 4 chas an inclined surface of which the height from the side surface of theadapter 4 increases in the direction opposite to the screwing direction.When the pouring member main body 2 is screwed to the adapter 4, theengagement projection 2 b projecting on the flange part 2 c moves overthe inclined surface and enters between the abutment part 4 b and theloosening prevention rib 4 c.

As a result, the engagement projection 2 b is sandwiched between theabutment part 4 b and the loosening prevention rib 4 c, whereby therotation of the adapter 4 in a direction opposite to the screwingdirection is inhibited, and the adapter 4 is prevented from beingloosened.

In addition, a liquid medicine or the like may be administrated from theadapter 4 connected to a catheter through a catheter tip syringe 6 (seeFIG. 9).

Here, FIG. 9( a) shows a vertical cross-sectional view of the adapter 4,and FIG. 9( b) is a cross-sectional view showing the state where thecylinder tip of the catheter tip syringe 6 is pushed to the sealingsurface in the adapter 4. The cross sections of the adapter 4 shown inthese figures correspond to the cross section taken along line F-F inFIG. 8.

When a liquid medicine or the like is administrated in this way, asshown in FIG. 9( b), pouring from the catheter tip syringe 6 isconducted while enhancing the sealing property between the catheter tipsyringe 6 and the adapter 4 by pushing the cylinder tip of the cathetertip syringe 6 to the sealing surface in the adapter 4. However, if thisis repeated, the sealing surface in the adapter 4 may be deformed.

That is, in the example shown, as shown in FIG. 6( a), FIG. 9( a) andFIG. 9( b), the inner diameter of the adapter 4 is narrowed down towardsthe tip thereof in almost the middle of the longitudinal direction. Thethus narrowed part serves as the sealing surface, and the sealingsurface is brought into close contact with the tip of the pouringcylinder 22 of the pouring member main body 2 or the cylinder tip of thecatheter tip syringe 6, whereby the sealing performance thereof isallowed to be exhibited. If the same sealing surface in the adapter 4 isused for the pouring member main body 2 and the catheter tip syringe 6,there may be a fear that the catheter tip syringe 6 is forcedly pushedin to increase the inner diameter of the above-mentioned same surface.On the other hand, since the adapter 4 is attached to the pouring membermain body 2 by screwing, addition pushing to ensure the sealingperformance cannot be conducted, resulting in a possibility of leakageof liquid medicines.

Therefore, on the side surface of the pouring cylindrical part 22, asshown in the figure, it is preferred that a ring-like rib 2 d, whichprotrudes in a ring-like form, be formed at a position nearer to the tipthan the threads 2 f. In addition, it is preferred that, when thepouring member main body 2 is screwed to the adapter 4, the circular rib2 d be caused to be in close contact with the inner surface of theadapter 4. As a result, sealing performance can be exhibited in a partdifferent from the sealing surface for the catheter tip syringe 6,whereby sealing performance of the adapter 4 for the pouring member mainbody 2 can be maintained.

Depending on the thickness, elasticity or the like of a catheter 5, thepouring cylindrical part 22, even if it is slightly thick, may bedirectly inserted to the catheter 5 without passing through the adapter4, and the catheter 5 can be pressed in and then fixed using the threads2 f provided according to the shape advised by a director's notice.Further, when the catheter 5 is formed of a flexible material or forother reasons, as shown in FIG. 5 by a double chain line, there may be acase that the end edge of the catheter 5 is placed over a screw part 2c. As a result, there may be a fear that the contents run down along thethreads 2 f revolving the side surface of the pouring cylindrical part22 and are leaked outside. Forming the above-mentioned ring-like rib 2 don the side surface of the pouring cylindrical part 22 is effective toenhance sealing performance between the pouring cylindrical part 22which has been directly inserted to the catheter 5 and the inner surfaceof the catheter 5, whereby the contents which have been poured areprevented from leakage by reaching the threads 2 f.

For the catheter 5 which has a relatively small diameter, the sealingperformance between the inner surface of the catheter 5 and the pouringcylindrical part 22 can be enhanced by providing a slip preventionmember 2 e.

The present invention has been explained hereinabove with reference topreferred embodiments. The present invention is, however, not limited tothe above-mentioned embodiments, and it is needless to say variousmodifications are possible within the scope of the present invention.

For example, in the example shown, two rotation prevention sections 3 dare formed such that they are apart from each other by 180°. However,for example, if the rotation angle required for twisting the sealingpart 21 off is smaller than 120°, three rotation prevention sections 3 dmay be formed such that they are apart from one another by 120°. In thisway, as in the case mentioned above, it is possible to allow a user toknow that the twisting off the sealing part 21 has been completed (orwas completed) by a second feel of clicking. It is also possible that,by increasing the width of the rotation prevention sections 3 d or thelike, the outer side surface of the rotation prevention section 3 d andthe engagement projection 2 b are allowed to abut when the rotation by120° is attained, thereby to cause the rotation of the unsealing cap 3to be stopped. As apparent from the above, the number of the rotationprevention section 3 d can be determined appropriately according to theangle required to twist the sealing part 21 off as long as they arearranged symmetrically with respect to the central axis of the unsealingcap 3.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

The pouring member according to the present invention can be usedparticularly preferably for a container in which contents which have tobe required to be unsealed sanitarily are filled and sealed.

The invention claimed is:
 1. A pouring member, comprising: a pouringmember main body; and a cylindrical unsealing cap having a closed end atan end thereof and coaxially attached to said pouring member main body,wherein said pouring member main body has a base part, a pouringcylindrical part extending cylindrically from the base part, a sealingpart formed at a tip of said pouring cylindrical part, and a thin wallpart formed between the sealing part and the pouring cylindrical part,and said sealing part is twisted off with said thin wall part byrotating said unsealing cap which is engaged with said sealing partaround a central axis of said unsealing cap, said unsealing cap includesat least two rotation prevention sections extending vertically anddownwardly from an end surface of an open end side of said unsealing onand being arranged such that the at least two rotation preventionsections are apart from one another by an angle which is larger than arotation angle required for twisting off said sealing part andsymmetrically with respect to the central axis, and, at substantially acenter of a width direction of each rotation prevention section, arecess is formed such that the recess opens to a front end side of therotation prevention section, and said pouring member main body furtherincludes an engagement projection engaging with said recess in adirection substantially parallel with a direction in which said rotationprevention sections extend vertically and downwardly, said engagementprojection being formed at a specific position of a flange part at aboundary between said base part and said pouring cylindrical part ofsaid pouring member main body.
 2. The pouring member according to claim1, further comprising a cylindrical adapter which is coaxially screwedto said pouring member main body after said pouring cylindrical part isunsealed and said unsealing cap is removed, wherein said adapter has apair of wing parts extending symmetrically in a radial direction of saidadapter, and, has, on a side surface along an end edge on a sideopposite to said flange part, an abutment part which abuts against saidengagement projection when said engagement projection formed on saidpouring member main body and said wing parts are aligned on a same planeover the central axis after said pouring member main body is screwed tosaid adapter, and a loosening prevention rib which has an inclinedsurface having a height from a side surface of said adapter increasingin a direction opposite to a screwing direction and allows saidengagement projection to move over said inclined surface so that theengagement projection enters between said abutment part and saidloosening prevention rib when the pouring member main body is screwed tosaid adapter.
 3. The pouring member according to claim 2, whereinthreads for screwing said adapter are formed on a side surface of saidpouring cylindrical part in a vicinity of said base part of said pouringcylinder cylindrical part, and a ring-like rib which protrudes in aring-like form is formed on the side surface of said pouring cylindricalpart at a position closer to the tip, which is an opposite side to wheresaid threads are formed, with respect to a longitudinal direction ofsaid pouring cylindrical part.
 4. The pouring member according to claim3, wherein, when said pouring member main body is screwed to saidadapter, said ring-like rib is in close contact with an inner surface ofsaid adapter.
 5. The pouring member according to claim 1, wherein the atleast two rotation prevention sections are arranged 180° apart from eachother.
 6. The pouring member according to claim 5, wherein the at leasttwo rotation prevention sections elastically deform when the at leasttwo rotation prevention sections are released from engagement with theengagement projection.
 7. The pouring member according to claim 1,wherein the recess has a first cut-out part or a first curved surface atan outer side surface of the recess so that the engagement projectionengages with the recess easily.
 8. The pouring member according to claim7, wherein the engagement projection has a second cut-out part or asecond curved surface at a side surface of the engagement projection sothat the engagement projection engages with the recess easily.
 9. Thepouring member according to claim 1, further comprising a supportprojection extending vertically and downwardly from the end surface ofthe open end side of said unsealing cap together with the at least tworotation prevention sections to prevent the unsealing cap from incliningor to prevent the at least two rotation prevention sections frombreaking when the unsealing cap is capped on the pouring member mainbody.